un; emiyashirou

[hero_of_her]

[The young man that appears on the video looks extremely nervous and uncomfortable.]

Listen, with everything going on lately I haven't been able to...

[He sighs, starts over. He hates this. Asking for help is so hard, but he isn't the only one at risk if here.]

I noticed a while back that the more Chroma I have the easier it is to deal with... well... A particular situation that I have at hand. [Oh man, that terrible pun wasn't on purpose and he looks even more uncomfortable realizing that he did it.]

But I'm not very good at collecting Chroma. I have someone back home and I don't want to betray her. I was thinking, though, that for the brief time she was here she was pretty clear that she didn't want me to suffer.

I don't want to either, I guess. [That part is up for debate.]

This is me asking for people willing to help me out.

[He looks frustrated at the whole idea as soon as he says it.]

You know what, nevermind. This is stupid.

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[hero_of_her]

You can do that?

[bailian]

You can. The device they gave you keeps track of it.

[ Binghe's world didn't have a lick of modern technology. The closest to it involved magical crystal screens or teleportation magic and flying swords in place of vehicles. Even so, he's still graually gotten the hang of the pseudo-cellphone handed out to all newcomers. Enough to hit the network, monitor his chroma and read online novels. So if he can do it, anyone can! ]

Everything you do uses chroma, the same way you burn energy throughout the day.

But it also acts like currancy. You can use chroma to buy food or goods, but if you run out-

[ 'You die' is a pretty heavy subject. So he tries to ease into it. ]

It's like using up all the life force in your entire body. Don't do that.

[hero_of_her]

[Shriou fiddles with his device to see how to get it to work and then frowns.]

I'm gonna have to do a lot of hand holding.

[bailian]

There are lots of opportunities to maintain touch throughout the day.

Some people even share sleeping spaces to platonically get chroma all night.

[ Granted, it requires a level of trust and both parties being amiable to the idea. But as someone who has done so before there's really no downside, especially in terms of comfort and companionship. ]

Eight to ten hours of generating chroma for doing nothing but resting is an easy way to replenish your levels.

[hero_of_her]

I don't know if I have anyone who would want to do that with me.

But maybe I can watch a movie with a friend and sit real close?